Persistent candiduria complicating intraureteral stenting: a case report and review of literature

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections by fungal organisms, in particular Candida species, have shown the highest increase in incidence, currently being the leading pathogen in urinary tract infections and the fourth most common blood-born pathogen within hospitalized patients. This case report describes a patient with acute pancreatitis, complicated by acute renal failure, who developed nosocomial fungiuria and fungemia following bilateral ureteral stenting, and whose fungiuria persisted despite adequate antifungal treatment. Conditions resolved with removal of the intraureteral stents, which we believe, served as the nidus for her persistent fungiuria.